John Rambo will eat you alive. I feel like that could sum up this movie. Whether he’s ripping out tracheas or just shooting them with a bow and arrow, he is kicking major ass nonstop.
First off, the plot is pretty damn believable, or should I say the way he portrays the plot. The movie is graphic as hell, violent as a mutha, and gory as a son of a b, but it helps in the long run. After all, genocide is a horrible thing, and Stallone does a great job of showing what gruesome things may have occurred or be occurring not only in Burma but in many places around the world. I don’t think that Stallone made this as a political stab to government inaction, but rather just an exciting, action film. Pretty much, a group of American volunteers from a church in Colorado come to Burma to help the people who are being persecuted. They are all about preserving life and staying positive…until, of course they are captured by the Burmese military. And, I must say that these Burmese are ruthless. Chopping off limbs, blowing people up, bayoneting children, feeding guys to pigs. They are crazy. Also, if you’ve seen Invisible Children, this army also captures young boys and forces them to join the army. Anyway, the priest from the Church hires Rambo and some mercenaries to rescue the good-doing members of his church. Christian? I won’t argue. And a massacre of many soon ensues.
If you are looking for a plot with a hidden meaning, or dramatic interrelationship problems, then this is probably not the movie for you. However, if you’re looking for John Rambo to drop some serious one liners, then you may want to check this out. I’ll give an example of some of the dialog you can expect:
Girl: “Don’t you think that people need help too.”
Rambo: “Life don’t take no prisoners baby.”
Girl: “There are innocent people dying out there.”
Rambo: “Go home.”
Genius. Stallone knows just to what to say.
Also, if you weren’t fond of Rocky or any other Stallone-esque films, than this may not be for you. You basically get to see bad guys kill good guys, and then watch as the bad guys get their asses handed to them by the other, badass good guys. That’s plot for you.
I must insist that you check it out. It will get your heart rate up and blood pumping. Not to mention, you may find yourself rooting for Rambo the whole way through. It’s normal. It also presents the very serious problem of cultural genocide in our world today.
“Live for Nothing or Die for Something.” Hell ya!
